Objectif Monde L'hebdo

Saudi Arabia: XXL projects

To host the Football World Cup in 2034 and the Asian Winter Games in 2029, Saudi Arabia is launching a mammoth project. Neom is planned to cover 170 kms and include innovative infrastructures in the middle of the desert: trading port, ski resort, an ultramodern city called The Line... Are the Saudi ambitions realistic?

Guests: Hasni Abidi, Political Analyst, Director of the Study and Research Centre for the Arab and Mediterranean World in Geneva; Christian Chesnot

Presented by: Dominique Laresche